You sould hear this!!

[Scooby]

Hi Guys,

My first post so be gentle. OK my question, I have a Creative Lab, Souns Blaster Audigy 2 sound card in my rig and (if anyone has tried) hooking up a 5.1 Bose system to the card? To be exact a Bose, LifeStyle 12 Series II system. At present the speaker is set IN the computer at 5.1 setup using the Audigy software. I used Line 1 output (from the card) direct to my Aux input on the Bose concole (using stereo lines) and Line 2 output to a seperate amp input to power the rear 2 speakers, so far it sounds great. Doing a surround sound check, all channel work as they sould forntl/eft, front/right, rear/left... ect... All except for my front center, no sound . When paying music I do hear it fine but during games and I do a 360 degree turn, the sound goes all the way around except my front center speaker. Sorry for the long description but I fell that someone maybe able to point me in the right direction or give some advise if it is posible or not to fix my little problem.

Thanks

 

[Scooby]

Hi MicroBell,
I am using XP Pro, and yes EX is enabled. At this time I have only been playing UT2003 I will try some other games and let you know. No digital out just using channel 1 and 2, I know that channel 3, based on the manual is for center and bass speakers, mayby thats why I may not be grtting true center channel. I think I have that 6 channel update but I'll it. Thanks MB will keep you updated and any more advise is always great.

 

[snafupen]

first..you need to get the digital cable adapter....i think the audigy2 needs an adapter for digital cables but im not sure....but you need to have a coax or optical cable going to the bose if you truly want surround....also you may want to check the bose reciever....it may be set to only use the 4 surround speakers. I know my reciever which is sony, has that feature where you have different sound 'areas'. i dont know what else to tell you. I hope i was clear enough for you to understand. Also, im not a big fan of bose....they charge you way too much for their name, and some pretty good speakers.

 

[Scooby]

Hi All

Thanks Snfupen, I'll check on that digital adapter, just might be the one. The Bose reciever I have has a digital input so it just might work. As for the speaker selection it is 5.1 selected. Once again thanks for your advice.


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